MedWand Rural Health Transformation Program
Introducing the MedWand
Why MedWand
Rural health programs need more than video visits — they need validated, clinician-grade remote exams that keep care local, extend workforce capacity, and support value-based care. MedWand helps you transform telehealth into complete, compliant, and scalable virtual care.
What MedWand Does
MedWand is a portable, FDA-cleared, multi-sensor medical device that enables clinicians to conduct full physical exams remotely.
With MedWand, care teams can:
- Capture clinical-grade vital signs and exam data
- Perform real-time, clinician-directed virtual exams
- Validate that a true medical exam occurred (supporting billing and compliance)
- Seamlessly integrate exam data into EHRs, HIEs, and telehealth platforms
- Support chronic disease management and longitudinal care
How MedWand Enables Remote Healthcare Visits
MedWand connects patients, nurses, clinicians, and even third parties into a single virtual exam experience:
Patient Location
Exam occurs in a rural clinic, community hub, home, or mobile setting.On-Site Support (Optional)
Nurses or community-based providers collect objective measurements using MedWand.Remote Clinician Participation
Physicians or specialists join live, guide the exam, review data, and make clinical decisions.Structured Clinical Data
Exam results flow directly into existing health IT systems for documentation, quality reporting, and population health.The Result:
Hospital-grade exams—without hospital travel.
How MedWand Aligns with the RHTP Goals
Enable Access to Care: MedWand empowers rural outreach clinics to obtain comprehensive exams remotely enabling visual assessment and examination between clinicians and patients in rural clinics, homes, or community hubs, ultimately reducing the need for travel to distant facilities.
Improve Health Care Outcomes: Frequent examination and timely remote consultations improve chronic disease management and reduce avoidable ER visits.
Promote Consumer-Facing Technology Solutions: Patients and families can access clinician-directed exams from their community or home, fostering engagement and self-management.
Expand the Rural Health Workforce: Expanding the Rural Health Workforce: Nurses and community-based providers can obtain clinical grade vital measurements in addition to being able to invite a clinician into the assessment from a remote location with MedWand, extending physician reach.
Advance Data & Technological Innovation: MedWand integrates with EHRs and telehealth platforms, providing structured, shareable clinical data for population health and quality improvement.
Eligible Activities Supported by MedWand
Evidence-based interventions for chronic disease prevention/management: MedWand provides objective vital signs and visual assessment capabilities for remote clinician treating chronic conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, COPD, and cardiac care.
Technology-driven solutions for prevention and management: MedWand transforms standard telehealth into comprehensive remote exams.
Training/technical assistance for technology-enabled solutions in rural hospitals: MedWand provides scalable training programs for nurses, Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers (RHCs, and FQHC) staff.
Software and hardware for technological advances improving efficiency, patient outcomes, and cybersecurity: MedWand is FDA-cleared, HIPAA-compliant, and designed for secure remote use.
Supporting access to OUD/SUD treatment: MedWand enables comprehensive remote exams of patients in recovery, improving adherence and reducing relapse-related ER visits.
Projects supporting value-based care: By reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and improving chronic disease outcomes, MedWand aligns with RHTP shift to value-based reimbursement.
A Call to Action
MedWand Solutions is ready to partner with your state to:
- Modernize rural healthcare delivery
- Support workforce efficiency
- Improve chronic disease management
- Ensure every rural resident has access to high-quality care
MedWand is ready to help your state modernize rural care — starting today!
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